Low Impact Development for Urban Ecosystem and Habitat Protection.
The 2008 International Low Impact Development (LID) Conference expanded ongoing regional and national dialogue to a global scale. This proceedings highlights reports on new and continuing research, developments, and community adoption of LID throughout the United States and other parts of the world....
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Reston :
American Society of Civil Engineers
Jan. 2009.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | The 2008 International Low Impact Development (LID) Conference expanded ongoing regional and national dialogue to a global scale. This proceedings highlights reports on new and continuing research, developments, and community adoption of LID throughout the United States and other parts of the world. These papers address a very broad range of topics that are relevant to sustainable approach to stormwater management using the Low impact Development technology. Topics include: LID and sustainability; codes, regulations, constraints, guidelines; recent monitoring/performance findings; computational methods; advances in LID BMP design methods lessons learned; site design considerations; LID incentives for new development; watershed retrofit with LID; education, training outreach; and long-term performance, maintenance. This proceedings is useful to student and academics involved in environmental engineering and low impact development, landscape architects, soil scientists, design professionals, and water program administrators. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
| Audience: | Scholarly & Professional |
| ISBN: | 9780784410097 0784410097 9780784472620 0784472629 |